Paint-package.



PAINT PACKAGE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 13, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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JOHN W. HASBURG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAINT-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Application filed November 13, 1911. Serial No. 660,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. HASBURG, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint- Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles for gold paint and the like, and has for its general object to provide a substantially hermetically sealed receptacle for containing valuable mastic materials such as gold paint and the like.

One of the salient objects of the present invention is to provide, in a receptacle of the character described, a glass palette which presents an admirable surface upon which. to deposit the paint and upon which to work up the paint after the cover has been removed and inclose same within a casing composed of a material of more tenacious and less fragile character, which casing is then hermetically sealed.

The receptacle incloses the entire palette by a wall made of a material less fragile than the glass, such for instance as sheet metal, sheet celluloid, or the like, in part or in whole, so that in the event that the said glass palette should become broken in transit, or in use, the valuable contents of the package will not be lost.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple and easily effected joint between the bottom wall and the overlying cover.

In the drawing; Figure l is a plan View of the complete package or receptacle; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a further enlarged section of the joint, showing only a fragment of the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the top removed; Fig. 5 is a similar View showing the bottom portion of the package. In all of the views the same reference characters indicate similar parts.

In the illustrated embodiment the palette 5 is preferably composed of glass and is preferably rectangular in shape, and in the central region thereof the gold paint 6 is to be deposited upon its upper surface. The paint is of a mastic or sticky nature and will firmly adhere to the glass. The glass palette is placed upon the bottom 7, which may be made of metal, or any other suitable material possessing the requisite strength and durability for the purpose, and of a less fragile nature than glass. The top 8 substantially rectangular in outline, and is made of a transparent or translucent material, such as celluloid, or the like. The wall of the cover, or'top, is upwardly deflected in its central zone, so as to provide a raised part 9 which overlies the paint 6, and a surrounding flat part 10, which preferably lies in contact with the upper surface of the palette 5, and may or may not be cemented thereto. The top is bent downwardly at its edges, as at 11, to overlie the edge of the glass palette, and at the bottom is bent outwardly, as at 12, to form a flange of a joint with the bottom member 7. The bottom is then bent upwardly, as at 13, so as to inclose the flange 12, and then inwardly, as at 14, so as to overlie the flange 12 of the top. Cement 15 is then applied 'to the opposing surface of the flange 12 and the contacting surface of the part 7, for the purpose of sealing them together to provide an hermetically sealed package, but I have found in practice that the joints are so effective by the tortuous path thus provided that only a very small quantity of cement is essential when the joint has been properly made, as above described. But by placing the cement on the bottom surface the cement line is entirely unbroken which would not be true if it were applied only to the folded part 14:.

It will be observed that the top member is shown to cover-one surface and the edge of the palette and it is obvious that either inclosing member may be made to perform this function.

The package may be opened by cutting the top member around the edge and be tween the top and bottom surface of the palette, thus leaving a head on the bottom member around the edge of the palette to retain the palette within the bottom and to prevent oil from the palette from coming into contact with nearby objects, and leaving a similar projection around the edge of the top to register with the palette.

This form of package and joint possesses several advantages. During transit the bottom 7 protects the contents of the package so that in the event that the palette 5 becomes broken the contents of the package will not be lost, and when the package is opened the top is an eflicient cover of such a nature as to preclude the entrance of dust and other objectionable matter, which might contaminate the paint that may be left upon the palette after a portion has been used, rendering this form of package very convenient to the user of such valuable paints.

What I claim and desire to Letters Patent is:

l. A paint package comprising a palette, the central portion of which is adapted to receive a charge of paint, a pair of members for entirely inclosing said palette, one of said members covering one surface and the edge of the palette, and the marginal edge of one of said members being folded and secured over the marginal edges of the other member to form a hermetrically sealed joint.

2. A paint package comprising a palette the central portion of which is adapted to receive a charge of paint, a pair of members for entirely inclosing said palette, the upper member covering the upper surface and the edge of the palette, and the marginal edge of the other member being folded secure by and secured over the marginal edge of the top member to form .a hermetically sealed joint.

3. A paint package comprising a glass palette adapted for receiving a charge of paint on its central portion, a cover member of celluloid having an outwardly deflected domeshaped portion for overlying said paint and having a flat surface covering and in contact with the other portions 0f the palette and extending downwardly and outwardly at the edges of said palette, and a bottom member having its marginal edges folded over and cemented to the edges of said top member to provide a hermetically sealed joint.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. HASBURG. In the presence of MARY F. ALLEN, W. LINN ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

